Woman arrested at house called 'danger to our community'

A Redding woman was arrested Thursday morning in connection to ongoing drug activity at a home in downtown, where police have been called numerous times in the past couple months.

Redding police arrested Christy Vogiatzis, 30, on suspicion of violating probation, obstructing police officers and possessing drug paraphernalia. Police said they are also pursuing charges against the owner of the home, Janice Mackey, 71, of Redding for allegedly allowing ongoing criminal activity at her property.

Thursday's arrest was one of numerous times this summer that officers have visited the home in the 1800 block of South Street, police said.

Citing the drug use, poor condition of the home and other criminal activity at the location, police said the house is a danger to the community.

"The home was found to be in horrible disarray, and had exposed wiring, garbage inside and outside the home and had broken windows in almost every room that were being covered by plywood," police said in a news release.

Officers went to the house on July 19 when a car used to run over a pedestrian in the Eureka Way Rite Aid parking lot was found parked in front of the house, police said.

Police said they located 12 people as they were leaving the home, and one of them was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon in connection to the incident in the Rite Aid parking lot.

Officers also went to the home Sept. 1 after someone reported a burglary in progress. They arrested Vogiatzis and her boyfriend, Jordan Ericsson, 35, on suspicion of selling drugs, police said.

Ericsson was also a suspect in two stolen credit card investigations, police said. He admitted to using the cards but said he did not steal the credit cards, police said.

During Thursday's arrest, officers found two stolen credit cards and evidence of drug use in the home on South Street. Vogiatzis denied knowing anything about the credit cards, police said.